The Graduate Nursing Project collection includes Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Scholarly Projects and Master's students' non-thesis projects submitted as part of program requirements.
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Nutritional Management of Infants with Short Bowel Syndrome | Hoffman, Jeremiah | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) is a clinically significant condition affecting the NICU population. The morbidity and mortality of SBS is most often the result of prolonged dependency on parenteral nutrition. Nutritional management of these patients is complex and studies indicate that clinical outcomes... |
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Exploring Beliefs about Contraception in Bhutanese Women | Poudel, Bindu | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Bhutanese immigrants are the first poor Hindus to arrive in the United States as refugees in large numbers. They lived in seven refugee camps in Nepal for about twenty years. They also identify themselves as Nepalese or Nepali Bhutanese. More than 49,000 Bhutanese refugees have been resettled in the... |
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Health Promotion for Older Adults: A Framework for Personalized Health Advice During Medicare Wellness Visits | Land, Lauren | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | As the population ages, growing evidence supports health promotion strategies to optimize functional status and reduce morbidity and mortality in older adults. Medicare Wellness Visits provide a unique opportunity to deliver preventive care services to this population on an annual basis. Key require... |
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Preconception Health Education and Web Site Development for Brigham Young University-Idaho Students | Baron, Kathleen | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Preconception health care focuses on the health of the female from menses through menopause. When a woman is attentive to addressing possible chronic health concerns, knowledgeable about her medications, and up-to-date on her immunizations; understands her genetic risk factors; and refrains from alc... |
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The Role of Serious Games in an Advanced Nursing Education | Hazzard, Sandra | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | The use of serious games as a teaching strategy in an advanced nursing education is supported by a growing body of evidence. Research suggests that serious games promote active student participation, meet student learning needs, encourage critical thinking and problem solving, and improve student an... |
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A Pre and Post Test Assessment of a Web Based Tutorial to Reduce Occupational Exposure Risks to Oncology Nurses | Lewis, Jennifer | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | The purpose of this project was to offer new knowledge through educational training to oncology nurses highlighting health risks related to inconsistent handling of hazardous drugs. Nurses who administer chemotherapy are exposed to aerosols and droplets of drugs during compound mixing, administratio... |
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Radiology Service For The Uninsured At Dirne Health Clinic, Coeur d' Alene, Idaho | Brown, Peter C. | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | This project involved researching and analyzing the options for establishing a radiology service at Dirne Health Clinic (DHC) in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The clinic currently does not have the equipment to perform it own x-rays and relies on a financial agreement with the local hospital to provide radi... |
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Fecal Incontinence Among Community-Dwelling Adults in the Primary Care Setting | Kitzmiller, Ellen | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | The following scholarly project arose in response to recognition of a gap between currently available research on prevalence, screening, and treatment for fecal incontinence in the primary care setting, and current primary care practice. The purpose of this project is to improve health literacy on t... |
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Pilot Survey: Acclimatization Practices of High-Altitude Recreationalists | Rozier, Leslie H. | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Acute mountain sickness (AMS) will occur if ascent to high altitude is rapid. Any type of travel to altitudes around 2,500 meters (8,000 feet) is associated with an increased risk of developing AMS. AMS symptoms include fatigue, headache, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, weakness, tachycardia, dizzi... |
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Introduction to the Bedside Ultrasound Machine & Ultrasonography in Undifferentiated Shock | Caceres, C. David | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Ultrasonography is quick, noninvasive, requires no patient preparation and increases diagnostic accuracy and enhances results decreasing patient's mortality and morbidity risks. It has led to a decrease in differential diagnosis and 9% of the time bedside ultrasound (BEDUS) has led to new differenti... |
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Emotional Support Following Early Pregnancy Loss in the Emergency Department: A Guide for Health Care Providers | Jense, Sandra | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Women who experience pregnancy loss experience levels of grief similar to those felt with the loss of any loved one (Kersting & Wagner, 2012; Lok, 2007; Robinson, 2011). There are factors associated with miscarriage that can predispose women to complicated grief, including physical pain or trauma du... |
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Quality Improvement in the Ordering Practices of TPN in the Neonate | Durrant, Adrianna | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Preconception health care focuses on the health of the female from menses through menopause. When a woman is attentive to addressing possible chronic health concerns, knowledgeable about her medications, and up-to-date on her immunizations; understands her genetic risk factors; and refrains from alc... |
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Depression in Elderly Clients | Yardley, Tawni | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | According to the World Health Organization, depression is the fourth leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and it is expected to rise to the second leading cause by 2020 (WHO, 2012). Depression has been shown to increase morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs while delaying recover... |
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Using Bedside Ultrasound For Fluid Assessment and Responsiveness | Vreeland, Michael | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Bedside ultrasound is a tool being increasingly used among clinicians. Technological advancements of ultrasound systems have made them smaller and more portable with increased image resolution, making bedside ultrasound an available and affordable tool in the intensive care unit. However, acceptance... |
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Rural High School Athletic Coaches' Concussion Knowledge | Andersen, Bryce | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Emergency departments have seen a 60% increase in traumatic brain injuries (TBI) from sport and recreation in children and adolescents in the last 10 years. Multiple epidemiologic studies have suggested long-term cognitive deficits with repeated concussions. Many times coaches are the individuals pr... |
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Raising High School Students' Awareness of Nurse Practitioners and Interest in Becoming Nurse Practitioners as a Means to Addressing the Primary Care Shortage | Coy, Jen | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts the primary care physician shortage will be 21,000 by 2015 (HealthReform.gov, 2012). Sixty million people, almost one out of every five Americans, do not have adequate access to care due to the lack of primary care providers (Kaiseredu.org, 2011)... |
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A Clinical Guideline for Airway Pressure Release Ventilation in Difficult-to-Oxygenate Patients | Johnson, Jared D. | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Adult intensive care unit patients often suffer from derangements of oxygen demand and delivery that, if untreated, result in organ dysfunction and possibly death. One clinical condition that contributes to profound hypoxemia is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Patients who develop ARDS e... |
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Improving Access to Healthcare for Utah Medicaid Clients: The Role of Utah Nurse Practitioners | Garcia, Leigh Anne | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Utah has been identified as a state with an inadequate supply of primary care providers and, as a result, will be challenged to meet the health care needs of its population. The healthcare demands of the state will continue to increase due to overall population growth as well as a growing population... |
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Seamless Care from Sexual Assault through First Follow-Up Appointment for Victims at Risk of HIV Exposure through Nurse-Facilitated NPEP Management | Lastre, Brianna F. | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Salt Lake Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SL SANE) are the primary medical responders to sexual assault victims in Salt Lake County. On a daily basis, SANE are called out to local emergency departments (EDs) where victims present themselves for evidence collection and proper medical care. At the end... |
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Timely Endocrine Referral for Short Stature Children Born Small For Gestational Age | Mulleneaux, Sherrily Brown | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Approximately 10% of children born small for gestational age (SGA) fail to achieve catch-up growth by two years of age. These children will remain with short stature throughout life without effective medical intervention. Sound research exists demonstrating the optimal treatment initiation period to... |
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Improving Spirituality Assessment in Primary Care Using the FICA Assessment Tool | Davenport, Brian | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Spirituality has historically had a place in health and healing. Researchers have documented numerous health benefits that are associated with spiritual health: lower incidence of cancer, better outcomes from cancer treatments, lower blood pressure, improved cardiac outcomes, better quality of life,... |
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DNP Project: Reintroducing Noninvasive Ventilation | Marendiuk, Ryan | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | My project is centered around assessing current NIV (BIPAP) practices within healthcare settings to which I am exposed through my clinical rotations. I proposed to evaluate current literature with evidence-based practice to compare with my findings with respect to facility practices. Ideally, it wou... |
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The Development of Practice Guidelines for Advanced Practice Clinicians in the Emergency Departments Staffed by the Utah Emergency Physicians | Newman, Jennifer | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | The emergency departments (EDs) staffed by the Utah Emergency Physicians (UEP) are faced with unique challenges. Intermountain Medical Center (IMC) and McKay-Dee Hospital are often faced with long door to provider times and an increased length of stay (LOS) for patients due to the high volume of pat... |
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Evaluation and Treatment Guidelines for Depression in Heart Failure Patients | Morrison, Tod | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | Heart failure affects more than 5.7 million Americans (Pressler et. al, 2011) with approximately 500,000 new cases diagnosed annually (Jiang et. al, 2008). Depression is a prevalent comorbidity associated with heart failure (Silver, 2010). Depression in heart failure patients leads to increased mort... |
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EPA SunWise© Curriculum: Washington County School District Educators' Perspectives for Inclusion in School Health Curriculum | Christensen, Jordan | 2013 | Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP | The purpose of this project is to raise awareness of sun protection practices in reducing incidence of skin cancer. Melanoma skin cancer rates have dramatically risen due to the lack of sun protective behaviors demonstrated by adolescents and young adults. Utah has the 4th highest incidence of melan... |